Palm III Power Drain

I don't seem to get nearly the battery life out of my Palm III that other people do. I don't use the device too frequently; I just leave it on its cradle at the office. How can I prolong battery life?

Dora Selles

Models like the Palm V and IIIC can be left in their cradles; that's how they recharge. But when not doing a hot sync, a model that uses triple-A batteries like your Palm III should be taken out of its cradle. Seated in the cradle (or other docking devices like folding keyboards), the Palm III's serial port remains open so it can detect a hot sync or keyboard command. That means there is some battery drain even though your handheld is turned off.

Other ways to save battery life are to tap on the Prefs application, and in the General selection, set Beam Receive to Off. Otherwise, the Palm is constantly monitoring for infrared data. You can always turn it back on when you need infrared transfer. While you're on that page, you might also want to change your Auto-off setting from 2 minutes to 1 minute. That way, the computer will power down more quickly when you aren't using it.

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